Bois-le-Prêtre fighting explained

Conflict:Fighting at Bois-le-Prêtre
Partof:Race to the Sea
Date:September 1914 to July 1915
Place:Pont-à-Mousson, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Coordinates:48.915°N 6.003°W
Result:Inconclusive
Commander1: Henri Lebocq
Commander2: Kurt von Ditfurth
Units1: 167th Infantry Regiment
168th Division
73rd Division
128th Division
Units2: 121st Division

Bois-le-Prêtre fighting (Priest's Wood, German: Priesterwald in German) was an engagement in the First World War between September 1914 and July 1915, involving the French 73rd Division and the 128th Division (the Wolves of Bois-le-Prêtre) and the German 121st Division.

Situation

Bois le Prêtre is a Lorraine forest, to the north-west of the town of Pont-a-Mousson near the Moselle River. In 1914 German troops attacked Verdun fortifications which are a strong point inside the French defenses lines.

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